The team awoke today for our last full day of serving our
friends in Leon and Posoltega. We first went
to a church service with the kids and the community from Verbo Leon. It was an awesome experience being able to
worship with the community that we have gotten to know so well over this past
week. After church in Leon, we traveled
to Posoltega to worship alongside that community as well. Spending time together worshipping the same
Lord was an awesome reminder that the Church really is universal, and that
Christ is the common bond that can unite people from any and all backgrounds.
After the service, we ventured out onto the soccer pitch to participate in a
local outreach soccer tournament hosted by the church in Posoltega. The girls played one match against the ladies
from Posoltega (and won!), while the guys ended up in 3rd place (out
of 4 teams). It was nice to provide the Nicaraguan teams the opportunity to
play against each other in an organized tournament, complete with a trophy and
medals for the winners. While the soccer tournament took place, those who were
not playing had the opportunity to spend time with the children and staff of Posoltega
and continue to build those relationships. In the end, it was difficult to say
goodbye to our friends, but it was great to see the bonds that we had formed
with the Nicaraguan people in just a short period of time.
After all the goodbyes, the team headed back to the housing
location where we enjoyed a great dinner. We then had porch time where Tommy
led us in worship and Nick spoke on the secret of the poor. We talked about the
spiritual richness that we have seen in the people that God has placed in our
paths down here. As we begin our transition back to the United States, our
prayer is that we will truly take with us the lessons that we’ve learned down
here.
We hope you enjoyed seeing the video of the team at the
Parents’ Gathering this morning between services. Tomorrow (Monday) we will
head back to Leon to serve one final meal to the kids and to say goodbye to the
children and staff there. Please pray for our final day of service and for our
transition to the debrief site, that God would use these final few days to
really seal these lessons into our hearts.
